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Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
http://www.soundfield.com/products/upm1-plugin.php
Anyone have any experience with this plugin? I know there is the Waves version, but I didn't really find the Waves that great in compared to the TC unwrap in the 6000. Thanks LEX |
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
I listened to Soundfield's hardware upmix box. It sounded really good and very natural. They claim (and I believe them) that the plugin is a faithful copy of the hardware unit.
Other than that, I'm currently using TC Unwrap (I'm still on pt8!) and I wouldn't like to see it disappear from my list when I switch to PT 10. Unfortunately, it seems TC electronic has no plans for porting this software to AAX format. Waves UM really doesn't sound good. |
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
I have reviewed it see my review on Pro Tools Expert. But this is the core of the review
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
I fully agree with Mike's review.
Unfortunately also with his criticism. The need to place it on a 5.1 track all but completely defeats the purpose of this plugin, which ought to be placed on a stereo path and force its output to 5.1 - as is the case with its competitors. This is a big shame, because the UPM sounds very smooth and natural, but is almost unusable due to a silly routing oversight. I've been waiting for over a year now for them to fix this. Nice to hear that a new version is finally in the works. Incidentally, mapping to D-Control is also flawed: parameters default to values from 0 to 1 at 0.1 steps ...... As to their competitors: both Unwrap and UM225/6 have their moments of glory and misery. Which one to prefer depends on source material and tweaking. Means: of those you basically need both. (Would be a great selling point for the UPM.) Cheers Florian |
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
I demoed it on a project and I really dig it, it's much better than the waves I find. Way more natural, doesn't sound like a phony up mix, that being said it I only tried it on stereo music, not sure how it reacts when feeding it a full mix. Its on my list for future purchases.
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
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I mean, the way to use it, is on an aux track, that gets fed by the stereo tracks, right? That's how I would use it, or any of the upmix plugins. |
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
The way I use upmixing plug ins is a little different. I put them on the stereo music track I'm trying to upmix. The input is stereo and the output is 5.1 or 7.1.
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
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So, I will at most have 2 Upmix busses. One for source cues, and one for score stems. |
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Re: Soundfield UPM ST to 5.1 upmixer?
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The reason for not doing so with UPM was, if I remember right (demoing was over a year ago), audible RTAS latency. Florian |
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